You have Only 48 hours, Nawaz Sharif Warned

Amid deepening political crisis in Pakistan, cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri has given a fresh 48-hour ultimatum to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign after a former top Election Commission official supported protestor’s allegations of rigging in last year’s elections.

Qadri and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan further intensified their campaign against the current government following the disclosure.

"I ask the members of National Assembly to leave the House before my deadline expires," Mr Qadri said addressing his supporters outside the Parliament.

"All the credit for this struggle goes to the people," he said. The cleric blamed the ruling PML-N for letting the situation escalate to this stage.

"We consider the government unconstitutional from the very first day," Qadri said.

Mr Qadri gave the 48-hour deadline to the government, asking it to dissolve the assemblies, let the FIR of Model Town incident in which 14 of his supporters were killed be registered and release Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report.

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